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Pennywise Lock In Dating Desperation Meme

This dark humor meme displays a low-light, slightly blurry shot of the horror villain Pennywise the Dancing Clown from the *IT* film franchise, making an unpleasant, strained facial expression. Above the character, white text reads 'When she's giving straight teeth but you know you won't ever pull a chick this bad again so you lock in'. The joke makes fun of extreme romantic desperation, implying the poster is so unattractive or unlucky in dating that they are willing to commit to a partner as unpleasant/terrifying as Pennywise, reasoning they will never be able to get even a similarly bad partner again in the future. A watermark for the creator @FreakShaggy is visible in the upper right corner of the image.
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When she's giving straight teeth but you know you won't ever pull a chick this bad again so you lock in

Overview

This dark humor meme displays a low-light, slightly blurry shot of the horror villain Pennywise the Dancing Clown from the IT film franchise, making an unpleasant, strained facial expression. Above the character, white text reads 'When she's giving straight teeth but you know you won't ever pull a chick this bad again so you lock in'. The joke makes fun of extreme romantic desperation, implying the poster is so unattractive or unlucky in dating that they are willing to commit to a partner as unpleasant/terrifying as Pennywise, reasoning they will never be able to get even a similarly bad partner again in the future. A watermark for the creator @FreakShaggy is visible in the upper right corner of the image.

Origin notes

This meme was shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit with the original title 'It's okay, even Rose's has thorns too😖😖'. It was created by user @FreakShaggy, who edited a still from the 2017 or 2019 IT live-action film adaptation by adding humorous relatable text about dating struggles to create the dark comedy meme format.

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